The Humanities Foundation

Current Board Members

John S. Carroll
Visiting Knight Lecturer at the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics & Public Policy at Harvard University

Jennifer B. Coffman
Judge, US District Court, Western District of Kentucky

Clay Dunn
Online Community Director at Share Our Strength. Creator and Writer of TheBittenWord.com

Carol Farmer
Shadowlawn Farm              

Melody Flowers
Director, Financial Model Implementation, Office of the Provost, University of Kentucky

Joan B. Gaines
Co-founder of Gaines Center

Thomas Gaines
CEO, KBC International, Inc.
CEO, Gaines Thoroughbreds

Jim Gray
Mayor of Lexington, Lexington Fayette Urban County Government
CEO, Gray Construction Company

Steve Grossman
Senior Vice President, Hilliard Lyons
Chair, Board of Trustees, Lexington Downtown Development Authority

Alan Hawse
Director, Cypress Semiconductor

Donna S. Hall
Chair of Board, Philanthropist

Adam Kegley
Member, Frost, Brown, Todd LLC

David Mohney
Curry Stone Chair, University of Kentucky College of Design

Josephine D. Richardson
Executive Chef and Owner, Courthouse Café
Co-founder, Appalshop, Whitesburg, Kentucky

Daniel Rowland
Director Emeritus, Gaines Center for the Humanities

Josh Santana
Founding Partner, Santana and Fay, LLC

Ben Self
Program Director and Founding Partner, Blue State Digital

Scott Shapiro
Senior Advisor, Office of the Mayor, Lexington Fayette Urban County Government

Jay Varellas
Associate, Fenwick and West, LLP

Holly Wiedemann
CEO, AU Associates, Inc. (Adaptive Use Developing)

James Woolery
Co-head, North American Mergers and Acquisitions, J.P. Morgan Securities

Fellows’ Representative

Liz Schaller
Senior Fellow, Art History

Ex officio Members

Eli Capilouto
President, University of Kentucky

Tim Tracy
Interim Provost, University of Kentucky

Dan O’Hair
Interim Senior Vice Provost for Student Success, University of Kentucky

Mark Kornbluh
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Kentucky

Remona Edenfield
Major Gifts Officer, Office of Development, University of Kentucky

Robert Rabel
Director of The Gaines Center

Lisa Broome
Associate Director of The Gaines Center

Advisory Board Members

John Cirigliano
CEO, Clearbrook Companies, Co-founder, Copaquen Associates, and Co-founder, Corporate Property Investors, a subsidiary of Simon REIT

Ouita P. Michel
Executive Chef and Co-Owner, Holly Hill Inn, Wallace Station Deli and Bakery, Windy Corner Market and Restaurant

Honorary Board Members

Nancy Dye
Vice Provost, University of the United Arab Emirates

Edmund Pellegrino
John Carroll Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Georgetown University Medical Center for Clinical Bioethics

Former Board Members

Raymond Betts,* Founding Director
Mrs. Mary Bingham*
Mrs. Joy Bale Boone*
Hon. Edward T. Breathitt*
Mr. Tom Bulleit
Mrs. Gloria Gaines Callen
Dr. Thomas Clark*
Mr. Wendell Cherry*
Mrs. Margarite Davis*
Mrs. Lisa C. Ernst
Dr. William Freehling
Mr. John R. Gaines*
Mrs. Lois Gray
Mr. Robert Massie
Mrs. Joan W. McGeachy
Mr. Boynton Merrill, Jr.
Dr. Elvis Stahr, Jr.*
Mr. Christopher Trower
Mr. Earl Wallace*
Mr. Wilson Wyatt, Sr.*
Mr. William T. Young, Jr. *

* Deceased